Artistic synthesis in the novels of A.A. Kim (genre, style, method)
- Authors: Assan A.K.1, Mineralova I.G.2, Nurgali K.R.1, Asanov K.D.3
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Affiliations:
- L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
- Moscow Pedagogical State University
- Karaganda Buketov University
- Issue: Vol 29, No 3 (2024)
- Pages: 491-501
- Section: LITERARY CRITICISM
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2312-9220/article/view/319187
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2312-9220-2024-29-3-491-501
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/FPUNBV
- ID: 319187
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Abstract
The aim of the paper is to identify the dominant features of A. Kim’s style that influence the formation of writer’s genre preferences, determined by researchers within the boundaries of magical realism. To achieve this goal, the following tasks were solved: to identify the dominant features of A. Kim’s individual style; to argue for the genre complexity of his prose as well as genre-style dominants indicating the individuality of writer’s style; to explain the functions of techniques, a priori considered by researchers to be features of the phenomenon of ‘magical realism’. As a result, based on the literature of the issue and the works of modern researchers, the article clarifies some essential features of writer’s individual style: techniques forming the philosophical plan of a work or the illusion of philosophies. Special attention is paid to the clash of ‘far-off ideas’ (M.Yu. Lomonosov), to the role of conflict, and its multilevel nature, reflected in the inner form of the prosaic whole. The article also focuses on the specific forms of verbal painting that affect the nature and complexity of the content. The manner developed at the beginning of A. Kim’s creative career (the novels “Squirrel”, “Father-Forest”, “Picking mushrooms to the music of Bach”, etc.) is recognizable in his later work and makes it possible to judge not only the artistic and meaningful significance of writer’s work, but also how well he reflects the current problems of his time.
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Akerke K. Assan
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Author for correspondence.
Email: akzhauyn07@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0005-3050-8723
Senior Lecturer at the Department of Russian Philology, Faculty of Philology
2 Satpayeva St, Astana, 010008, KazakhstanIrina G. Mineralova
Moscow Pedagogical State University
Email: ig.mineralova@mpgu.su
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3836-1368
Doctor of Philology, Professor at the Department of Russian Literature of the 20th-21st Centuries, Institute of Philology
1/1 Malaya Pirogovskaya St, Moscow, 119991, Russian FederationKadisha R. Nurgali
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Email: nurgalik1@mai.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8178-2782
Doctor of Philology, Professor at the Department of Russian Philology, Faculty of Philology
2 Satpayeva St, Astana, 010008, KazakhstanKamashke D. Asanov
Karaganda Buketov University
Email: kamashke_64@inbox.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1006-4521
Doctor of Philology, Professor at the Department of Journalism, Faculty of Philology
28 Universitetskaya St, Karaganda, 100028, KazakhstanReferences
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